Is Disney Planning Short Films for Marvel Universe?

Of all the ideas to bring Marvel Comics to the screen, this might be the best. Rather than throwing $150 million movies at characters like Deadpool, Latino Review says Marvel and Disney are looking at short films in front of features - similar to what Pixar does - to introduce minor characters to see if there's any heat among ticket buyers. The site cautions that this is information from a trusted source but that Disney, which now owns Marvel, of course, hasn't made any official comment. Let's suppose for a second it's a leak and Disney wants to see what the reaction is before committing to anything. I think fans would absolutely love it, knowing how many Marvel characters there are and how few of them really deserve feature films. Could we have done without Elektra? I think so. But that character got a spin-off, and Deadpool was squeezed into Wolverine to justify a spin-off that was already going to happen, so the short film route might do two things: 1) It can introduce great comic book characters to people who don't know them, in order to gauge whether or not we need more material for them, and 2) It can keep many ancillary characters out of full-length movies that should be designed for other characters. As Disney takes over the comic book company, there are many questions about what the post-Avengers landscape will look like. There will be an Iron Man 3, and Sony and Fox are still trying to get a few movies done in the next three years or so, but that leaves Disney with a bunch of heroes and villains who have been discussed as possible franchises. If you want to see if Dr. Strange has what it takes to draw a crowd, do you put him in somebody else's movie or do you give him a whirl in a seven-minute short? Judging by audience reactions to a test trailer for Mortal Kombat that came out a couple weeks ago, the theory of leaving 'em wanting more is still alive and well. And I think rather than saddling Captain America with an entire army of Invaders, which is the rumor for the second half of that film, the Euro heroes might be better served getting their own moment in the sun. I know Cap would be. This is definitely one to think about, but I vote yea.

Comments

[nicksoapdish]

This would be pretty amazing. Comic books in general go between having a a big arcing story line and then some small "catch the crook who robbed a bank" moment. i think it would be cool to see some of the smaller characters.

[Adam]

I would absolutely love to see short super-hero films. The Spectre short on the last DC animated DVD was cool to see, so live action Marvel shorts would be even more awesome. Someone needs to make this happen!

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